Wu Xiaode had not smoked for many years.
He always said he couldn't.
When was the last time he smoked?
It seemed it was at the back door of the school, where he had arranged a fight with a few bullies who liked to pick on people.
The first day, to bolster his courage, he drank a bottle of liquor, got drunk, and did not make it.
The second day he vomited, felt miserable, and rested.
On the third day, he realized that drinking to bolster his courage was no good—
If you're not sober in a fight, you can't even feel the danger, let alone fight blindly; aren't you just waiting to be clobbered?
So he switched to smoking.
Just after he tried his first two puffs, Xia Huilan snatched the cigarette away and scolded him for half an hour, saying that if he dared to smoke, she wouldn't even let him hold her hand, let alone anything else.
That was the end of his connection with tobacco and alcohol.
Later, he went straight to the back door of the school.
